Given the following information, calculate the heading T and flight time:
Course required: 085°T
Forecast wind velocity: 030°T /100 kt
TAS: 470 kt
Distance: 265 NM
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Determining Heading and G/S with the flight computer:
(1) Place the centre of the rotating disk on the value representing the true airspeed (470 kt).
(2) Place wind direction (030º) under the true index.
(3) Mark wind velocity (100 kt) upwards from centre.
NOTE:
When the question provides a track => mark wind velocity upwards from centre.
When the heading is known => mark wind velocity downwards from centre.
(4) Place your true track (085º) under the true index.
(5) Slide wind Velocity mark to True Air Speed (470 kt);
- Ground Speed reads under centre => 405 kt;
WCA reads between centre line and wind velocity mark => 10ºL.
Using Wind Correction Angle (WCA) and Track, determine Heading:
Wind Correction Angle (WCA) is the angular value opposite to the drift angle, and it refers to the heading angle correction in order to keep your aircraft in the desired track:
- Therefore, heading = TT - 10ºL = 085º - 10ºL = 075º
Calculate the flight time:
Distance of 265 NM and Ground Speed of 405 kt.
- Flight time = (265 NM / 405 kt) x 60 = 39 min
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